The software below is available in the university computing labs and K-State InfoCommons, on PCs running Windows XP.
Faculty/staff interested in adding other course-related software should review the lab software addition policy.
| Software name | Description |
| Acrobat Reader (Adobe) | PDF file viewer |
| ArcView | Desktop GIS program |
| Athletic Training Action | Athletic-trainer training with life-like sports-injury simulations |
| AutoCAD | Computer-aided design |
| BlueJ | Java editor (for CIS200 classes) |
| Chime | programmer for CIS |
| Computrition | Recipe managment system (for Human Nutrition classes) |
| Eclipse | Open-development platform |
| English Short Title Catalogue | KSU Libraries Database |
| Exam Master 3 | Athletic-trainer training; aid in preparation for NATABOC exam |
| Firefox | Web browser |
| Flash Player (Adobe) | Multimedia browser extension, for both Firefox and IE |
| Food Processor | Nutrition and exercise analysis |
| Ghostscript and Ghostscript Viewer | PostScript language and PDF interpreter; PostScript viewer, converter, and printer |
| GIMP | GNU image-manipulation program |
| Google Earth | Virtual-globe program; layers satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS over a 3D globe |
| HyperSnap | Screen snapshot utility |
| Internet Explorer | Web browser |
| iTunes | digital media player for audio and video |
| Java | Applet delivered in the form of Java bytecode |
| JBuilder | Java integrated development environment |
| KSUVM TCP3270 | Terminal emulator (access to K-State Enterprise System server) |
| Magnifier (accessibility tool) | Screen-display utility for people who are visually impaired |
| MiniTab | General-purpose statistical program with easy interactive use |
| Microsoft Office 2007 |
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| MyEconLab | Software for Economics classes |
| myITlab | Software for CIS classes |
| On-Screen Keyboard (accessibility tool) | Virtual keyboard for people who are mobility impaired |
| Open Office |
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| Oracle Calendar | K-State's campuswide calendar system |
| PC SAS | Statistical analysis software (available only in Dickens lab) |
| PowerDVD | DVD player for video and audio |
| Pro Engineer Wildfire | Computer-aided design |
| Programmer's File Editor | Text editor with extended features |
| PSPad | Text editor and source editor for programmers |
| PuTTY | Secure log-in to Unix servers (SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP client) |
| Python | Object-oriented high-level programming language |
| QuickTime | Multimedia extension |
| R | Programming language for statistical computing and graphics |
| Radiation Training | K-State training for working around radiation |
| RasMol | Molecular model viewer |
| RealPlayer | Multimedia extension |
| SciFinder | K-State Libraries Database |
| Shockwave (Macromedia) | Multimedia extension |
| SIMS Master | Athletic trainer training; aids in preparing for written sims portion of certification examination |
| TI-83 Calculator | Texas Instrument (model 83) calculator emulator |
| Windows Media Player | Digital media player for audio, video, and images |
| WinSCP | Secure file transfer between a local and remote computer (PC to Unix) |
| WordPad | Create/edit text documents |
| Write-N-Cite | Utility to cite references within MS Word |
| X-Win32 | Graphical terminal emulator (access to K-State Unix servers) |
| ZoomText (accessibility tool) | Screen magnifier for people who are visually impaired |